Washing machine



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ATTORNEY Ju 12 1927- 'o. BRANDLI WASHING MACHINE Filed Oct, 7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

7 Oscar. Damn, or'rmnimm rnmmrnvmn.

Application fled October 7, 1m. lerlsl I0. 742,138.

This invention relates to a washing machine.

Its object is the production of a washing machine, which is specially adapted to was bands or strips of cloth or other material, after being d ed. The second object of the invention is t e roduction of a machine in which a band of material is suspended and conveyed in a serpentine path, free at its bottom suspended portions and simultaneously sprayed with a cleaning fluid. A third object of the invention comprises means to deliver a band of material at intermittent varying speeds, after being washed, to fold it in equal portions one over the other.

In the accompanying drawings F1 1 represents a section as on the line 1, 1, 0 Fig. 2, of an exemplification of the improved washing machine; Fig- 2 shows a top plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the hne 3, 3 and Fig. 4 in icates a left hand side view of Fi 3.

i casin preferably of wood is represented with the ront wall 20, the rear wa l 21, the side walls 22 and 23, and the bottom wall 24 supported upon the cross girders 25. The upper ends of the side wal s 22 and 23 are below the upper ends of the walls 20 and 21 to form the mlet opening 26 and the outlet opening 27, of the material 0 erated upon. A second outlet opening 28 is ormed in the side wall 23 adjacent to the bottom wall 24 for the discharge of the cleaning fluid used in the machine.

Bars 30 preferably of metal are supported upon the top ends of the walls 20 and 21. Similar pairs of journal brackets 31 are supported upon the said bars 30, intermediate their ends. Similar pairs of ournal brackets 32 and 33 are sup orted u on and at the ends of the bars 30. gournal rackets 38 are also supported upon the bar 30 over the rear wall 21,

C lindrica-l transmission reels for the was ing machine are respectively designated in their entireties by the letters A B and 0. Each of said reels comprises the shaft 40, to which is fastened the pair of wheels 41. Strips 42 preferably of wood are fastened to the outer circumferential surfaces of each pair of said wheels. The shafts are journaled in the pairs of journal brackets 31 and An elliptical transmission and folding reel is designated in its entirety by the letter D, and comprises the shaft 45, to which is fastened the pair of elliptical wheels 46. Strips 47, preferably of wood, are fastened to t e elliptical outer surfaces of the latter wheels. The perimeters of the reels A, B, C and D are equal to one another.

o each of the shafts 40 and 45 is fastened a worm wheel 50. A shaft 51 is journaled in the journal brackets 38 and has fastened thereto the worms 52, which latter mesh with the worm wheels 50. A pulley 53 is fastened to one end of the shaft 51.

Water or other cleaning fluid sup 1y piping comprises, the supply pipe 55, t e valve 56, the nipple 57, the elbow 58 and the horizontal pipin 59. Brackets 60 extend from the rear wal 21 and support the pipin 59. To the pipin '59. are connected the elbow 61 and the p urality of Ts 63, each with three threaded openings. From the elbow 61 and the Ts 63 depend the vertical pipes 64 with the Ts 65 and 66 similar to 63. At the lower end of each of the pi s 64 is connected an elbow 67. Horizonta spray pipes 70, 71, 72 and 73 having the outlet openings 75 extend respectively from the Ts 63, 65, 66 and the elbows 61 and 67, into the casing of the machine.

To operate the washing machine the bands of clot E or other material to be cleaned are located upon the reels A, B, C and D and suspended into the casing of the machine, to hang in a serpentine path, free at its bottom suspended ortions, with the vertical members of the and between the rows of pipes 70 to 73. The valve 56 is next opened and the pulley 53 on the shaft 51 is turned, by a belt not shown. By this means rotation is transmitted to each of the reels A, B, C and D, and the band E is conveyed between the spra pipes 70, 71, 72 and 73 in a serpentine pat hereb both sides of the said band are sprayed y the streams of fluid discharged from the outlet openings 75 of said spray pipes. When the cloth is discharged from the elliptical transmission reel D, it drops therefrom with different speeds, so that it can be easily folded on the receiving table G.

Various modifications may be made in the invention and the present exemplification is to be taken as illustrative and not limitative thereof.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim 1. In a washing machine the combination of a casing, a plurality of reels journaled over the casing to suspend and convey a band of material to be cleaned, in a serpentine path free at its lower portions, through said casing and means to spray both sides of the band with a cleaning fluid while being conveyed through the casing.

2. In a washing machine the combination of a casing comprising, a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a bottom wall, one of said side walls having an outlet openin adjacent to its lower end, to discharge a c eanng fluid from the casing, pairs of journal brackets extending up from the top end of said front and rear walls, a plurality of cylindrical transmission reels, shafts for said reels j ournaled in said pairs of journal brackets, said reels suspending a material operated upon in a serpentine path free at its lower portions in said casing, a worm wheel fastened to each of the shafts of the reels, other pairs of journal brackets extendin up from and rows 0 horizontal spray pipes leading from said piping into the casing, said spray pi e havin outlets for the discharge of t e cleaning fluid therein, to project streams thereof to both sides of the material operated u on as it travels throu h the casing. Signe at Philadelphia in t e county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania this 13th day of September, A. D1924.-

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